2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

2010 All-Ireland Football Championship final
Event2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Cork Down
0-16 0-15
Date19 September 2010
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Man of the MatchDaniel Goulding[1]
RefereeDavid Coldrick (Meath)[2][3]
Attendance81,604[4]
WeatherMostly Cloudy
17 °C (63 °F) [5]
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The 2010 All-Ireland Football Championship final was the 123rd event of its kind.[6] The last football match of the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, it was played between Cork and Down on 19 September 2010 in Croke Park, Dublin.

Cork were victorious, achieving their first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title since 1990.[7][8] It was their seventh title in total.[9] This made them the sixth team in two decades to win both the league and championship in the same season.[10] It was the first time since the 2002 final – when Armagh won their first ever title – that a team other than Kerry or Tyrone were declared champions.[11][12]

This was the last occasion on which iconic broadcaster Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh commentated on a final to a global audience, having announced his retirement days earlier after a six-decade career.[4]

The game was watched by the highest television audience for an All-Ireland Football Final in five years.[13]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Goulding named All-Ireland 'Man of the Match' was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Breheny, Martin (2 September 2010). "Coldrick to join elite group of referees after landing final". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Coldrick to referee All-Ireland final". RTÉ Sport. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 1 September 2010. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  4. ^ a b Duggan, Keith (20 September 2010). "Historic chapter in broadcasting at an end". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  5. ^ [1] . Met Éireann, Daily data 19/9/10
  6. ^ "Legendary GAA commentator O Muircheartaigh to retire". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  7. ^ "Cork are crowned All-Ireland champions". RTÉ Sport. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 19 September 2010. Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  8. ^ Leen, Tony (20 September 2010). "Rebels bring Sam home". Irish Examiner. Thomas Crosbie Holdings. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  9. ^ Breheny, Martin (20 September 2010). "Cork find route to liberation: Relieved Rebels in seventh heaven after scoring aces Goulding and O'Connor kickstart decisive second-half surge to reel in Down's brave bid for glory". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  10. ^ Sweeney, Eamonn (19 September 2010). "Winning hearts and minds". Sunday Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 19 September 2010. After all, Cork will be going into today's All-Ireland as odds-on favourites to win their first football title in 20 years and only their seventh of all-time. They are also in with a chance of becoming just the sixth team in 20 years to do the league and championship double.
  11. ^ "Preview: All-Ireland football final". RTÉ Sport. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 17 September 2010. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  12. ^ "Sport can be perfect antidote". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 18 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  13. ^ "Cork win watched by a million on RTÉ". RTÉ Sport. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 20 September 2010. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.